School Begins With Promises From Caring Adults

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"How are you? You guys Ready to go?" "Oh I'm swag!" You're swag, is that what it is? Good swag there."

Kingsley Junior High School Principal Lynnette Mehall welcomed students back to school for the fall on the first day of classes. In both district 87 and Unit Five in Bloomington Normal, educators are also beefing up efforts to bring student performance at Bloomington and Kingsley Junior High Schools up among lower socioeconomic groups through so called Promise Councils, groups of adult volunteers checked by the Boys and Girls Club. Kingsley Mehall says this builds on past volunteer activities.